Hell...
Knowing I need to lose weight, about a stone (Health and Mother of The Bride Reasons)I decided rather than waste money joining a gym (which has only ever served to make me feel inadequate) that I should utilise what is around me. You know the idea -go for walks, use cans of beans as weights etc.
During the week, I live in London - on the sixth floor. So, I thought I'd use the stairs as a sort of treadmill. Sixth floor to ground floor, say six times? That'd be a good twenty minute workout. Except each floor has sort of two flights and the ground floor is actually floor -1 for some reason, which meant a recount. Seven double-ish floors each way = fourteen floors.
I did it. Gasping. Rasping like someone who'd smoked for a lifetime. Feeling my heartbeat so rapid that I started to sing along with it to convince myself it was mine. Well, I use the word 'sing' in a loose sense.
'Gallileo Gallileo, will you do the fandango! Thunderbolt and Lightening....Very very frightening...ME! (up to Figaro,o,o,o...')
Frightening? It took thirty one minutes and very nearly killed me.
And today, I've woken up with screaming calf muscles. I was so intent on breathing that I forgot to stretch.
I want to stay under the duvet, but I'm up. Like Prince Charles talks to his plants, I'm talking to my muscles. 'There, there,' I'm saying, 'Mummy's sorry. Have some ibuprofen gel...'
I'm getting the lift today. And possibly tomorrow.
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Do excuse me for laughing. I feel for you.
I have to be sneaky with exercise and do things I like, such as walking briskly with the dog twice a day, but I do have one of those stepper devices, which I 'walk' on in front of a decent TV programme every day - it helps me think too (and god knows I need help in that department!)
Ouch! I had similar muscle problems after building a snowman the other week. Apparently my arms and back aren't used to an hour of intensive bending and scooping...
I think sore muscles after that many stairs is quite respectable though! Maybe go easy with the cans of beans...
Good stuff Fionnu....Get yourself a yoga DVD as well and intersperse the hard stuff with something more relaxing and will give you a stretch.....Wish I was close by to run up those stairs with you....xoxo
Karen, I'm still in pain hours later!
Hi Denise and welcome! I was the same during the snow after shovelling it off the driveway (home for the weekend) My arms thought they'd given birth!
Ruthie! We crossed! Great to see you here!
Yoga? Too painful at the mo - maybe next week? x
I was the same way making a snowman with the boys. It took me 2 days to get a substandard snowman made. I can easily see why so many people have heart attacks while shovelling snow- I felt like I was having one. But- I did mark it down as exercise.
Why is it so damn hard? Or am i just too damn lazy?
I sympathize with you. I work on the fourth floor - I know that doesn't sound much, but it seems very high up to me - and decided to use the stairs instead of the list a few months ago.
After reaching the top, barely able to draw breath and with screaming leg muscles, I haven't done it since.
Mother of the bride! Holy jamoley! Didn't see this when you first announced it, so congratulations - and congratulations to her too!
As you know, I'm allergic to lifts so take stairs all the time. Plus I live in a 4th floor walk-up and do it so often it doesn't count as exercise and I still have to go to the gym. I do come up with some of my best ideas while on the treadmill, though - another incentive for not being a gym-dodger.
LOL! Sorry but I found this post rather amusing. Very witty :-)
I am laughing, but I feel your pain. My leg muscles just gave up and cramped on my first day of exercise after the Christmas holidays. I'm still in recovery!
I hate gyms too! You looked very slim when we met but getting fit is always a great thing to do... says she who has plans... Ahhh... just need to put them into action now.
T.xx
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